Difficulty Focusing When Upset May Signal Anxiety and Depression in Youth, FIU Study Finds

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Florida International University psychologists found that how children focus when upset is more revealing of mental health than how they focus when calm. Psychology Ph.D. candidate Krystyna Keller validated the use of a self-report survey originally designed for adults to evaluate children and adolescents, with findings published in the Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment.